Cameras is what Nokia does best, the N8 is fair testament to that and the Nokia N9 aspires to mimic the N8 in its quality, but with a much smaller camera footprint that does not protrude from the back and flows in beautifully with the rest of the body. Infact the module of the N9 is 70%(!) smaller than the N8, but according to Nokia, still manages to give the N8 a run for its money.

It packs a f/2.2 aperture, the largest ever in a mobile device, an 8.7 megapixel sensor that lets you shoot in 4:3 and 16:9, with the 16:9 mode actually providing more width, unlike other cameras where the top and bottom is cropped to produce the 16:9 effect. That’s not all, the N9’s camera has pretty long list of other accomplishments that Nokia’s camera guru Damien Dinning shares with us:

Industry-first imaging sensor which is FULLY optimised for BOTH 16:9 AND 4:3 images

Industry-leading Carl Zeiss optics

Super wide-angle optics – the widest in the industry. Up to as much as 60% more viewing area than other broadly comparable devices

f/2.2 aperture – largest ever in a mobile device

Extremely responsive, especially switching from stills to video and vice-versa and shot to shot

Touch AF for both video and stills

Full time continuous AF in BOTH video and stills plus face detection

HD video with stereo audio (still one of very few devices that provide high quality audio recording in video)

Seamless workflows optimised for speed or editing & sharing

Zoom in to images directly in the post capture view, edit and share all without leaving the camera – the most seamless mobile imaging experience

Non-destructive editing of images – go back to the original image at any time. Undo or redo edits even months later

New high power dual LED flash – 20% more powerful than our previous most powerful LED flash despite its compact size

Geo tagging with place names rather than just co-ordinates

AMBR – Automatic Motion Blur Reduction

Not forgetting the touch to share of images between handsets using NFC technology